Shooting victim Summer Moody taken off ventilator

Summer Moody was in stable, but comatose condition Wednesday after being shot Sunday morning. (file photo)

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Shooting victim Summer Moody was taken off a ventilator and was breathing on her own this morning, a spokesman for the family said.

Moody is in the intensive care unit of the University of South Alabama Medical Center after being shot in the head Sunday morning.

This morning, a trachea tube was scheduled to be placed in the teen's throat to assist with her breathing. She was described as stable, but comatose and not responding to commands, according to a statement issued by Robert Stankoski, lawyer for Moody's family.

Moody and three other 17-year-olds were on Gravine Island on Sunday when she was shot. In an earlier statement, Sheriff Huey "Hoss" Mack said the three male teens with Moody had broken into two fishing camps, when two men heard them and fired warning shots. One bullet hit Moody in the back of the head.

The other three teens, Scott Byrd, Daniel Parnell and Dillion Tyree, have been charged with first-degree burglary and certified to stand trial as adults, according to District Attorney Hallie Dixon. Bail was set for each at $100,000 in a bail hearing today in Baldwin County District Court. The teens were also ordered to have no contact with Moody and her family, and must remain under house arrest if they post bail and are released from the Baldwin County Corrections Center.

The two men who fired the shots have not been identified.

At USAMC, doctors had inserted a filter in Moody's body to prevent blood clotting and were scheduled to insert a tube to assist with feeding the teen.

She had not been sedated, but had been placed on pain medications, according to the statement.

Stankoski said Tuesday that family members and doctors hoped to have a better idea within 24 hours if Moody would show signs of recovery.